The Binary Clock
The Binary Clock


  • Timezones
  • UTC-12

    1111 0100

    UTC-11

    1111 0101

    UTC-10

    1111 0110

    UTC-9

    1111 0111

    UTC-8

    1111 1000

    UTC-7

    1111 1001

    UTC-6

    1111 1010

    UTC-5

    1111 1011

    UTC-4

    1111 1100

    UTC-3

    1111 1101

    UTC-2

    1111 1110

    UTC-1

    1111 1111

    UTC+0 (Zulu)

    0000 0000

    UTC+1

    0000 0001

    UTC+2

    0000 0010

    UTC+3

    0000 0011

    UTC+4

    0000 0100

    UTC+5

    0000 0101

    UTC+6

    0000 0110

    UTC+7

    0000 0111

    UTC+8

    0000 1000

    UTC+9

    0000 1001

    UTC+10

    0000 1010

    UTC+11

    0000 1011

    UTC+12

    0000 1100

    UTC+13

    0000 1101

    UTC+14

    0000 1110

About The Binary Clock


Time has always been one of humanity’s most universal obsessions—counted, measured, and interpreted in a thousand ways. The Binary Clock takes that idea and translates it into its purest digital form, reducing each passing moment to patterns of ones and zeros. It’s a tribute to both simplicity and precision—a visual language for those who appreciate logic, rhythm, and design.

Each digit you see represents a combination of electrical truths—on or off, yes or no, one or zero. Beneath every clock, calendar, and microprocessor, time ultimately flows through binary. This project brings that hidden structure to light, offering an interface that feels simultaneously mathematical and meditative. The goal isn’t just to tell time—it’s to let you experience its patterns.

The Binary Clock was built with Next.js, React, and Material UI, designed to be both elegant and efficient. The interface uses muted tones and golden highlights to reflect a sense of precision and timelessness—echoing the aesthetic of luxury timepieces. It’s not meant to compete with your calendar app or wristwatch, but to remind you that beauty can exist in data itself.

Whether you’re a programmer, designer, engineer, or simply someone fascinated by patterns, The Binary Clock offers a new way to perceive time— not as numbers on a screen, but as an ongoing computation. Because even the most complex systems begin with something simple: one, zero, and the space in between.


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